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Rwanda: Paul Kagame’s fourth term as president – what his agenda will need to cover

Paul Kagame started his fourth term as Rwanda’s president in August 2024. He first became president in April 2000. However, as the leader of the Rwandan Patriotic Front, he has been the country’s de facto head since his rebel forces ended the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi.

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UN report blames politicians, public figures and media for fuelling hate speech in UK

The new Labour government is being urged to implement “comprehensive measures” to curb racist hate speech and xenophobic rhetoric.

The Independent UK

Israelis In Cairo For Gaza Talks But Disputes Linger

Israeli negotiators were in Cairo Friday for talks on a Gaza truce, a spokesman said, but a dispute over the presence of Israeli troops on Gaza's southern border remained among sticking points.

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Israeli Evacuation Orders Displace 90% Of Gaza Residents

Learn about the ongoing conflict in Gaza, including mass displacement, dire humanitarian conditions, and international mediation efforts to address the crisis.

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Israel-Gaza war: Israeli forces claim to have killed prominent Hezbollah member in attack on Lebanon’s Ayta al-Jabal – as it happened

IDF says it has killed Muhammad Mahmoud Najam in attack in southern Lebanon

The Guardian - AU

Five children a week killed or injured in Haiti’s gang warfare

Analysis of UN data shows rising toll on children who are being caught in the crossfire, as well as recruited to kidnap, loot and murder, say aid groups

The Guardian - UK

Israel-Hamas war latest: Israel's evacuation orders have displaced 90% of Gaza residents, UN says

The top United Nations humanitarian official for Gaza says that successive Israeli evacuation orders, including 12 just in August, have displaced 90% of the Palestinian territory's 2.1 million residents since the Israel-Hamas war began in October

The Independent UK

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Pacific Leaders Confront 'Polycrisis' Of Rising Seas And Climbing Tensions

Pacific island leaders gather for a key summit in the Kingdom of Tonga on Monday, aiming to navigate rapidly rising seas, damaging great power rivalries and violent unrest in New Caledonia.

International Business Times

Fears grow for women’s rights activists jailed in Iran after 87 executions in one month

Prisoners including Nobel prize winner Narges Mohammadi were reportedly beaten for protesting against a recent execution

The Guardian - UK

UN head Guterres talks tough on climate in Pacific

Antonio Guterres has finished the first leg of his Pacific visit, the first time the United Nations Secretary General has been through the region in five years.

AAP

‘No one has any money’: Israel’s restrictions stifle West Bank economy

Soaring unemployment and poverty are fuelling unrest as Palestinian firms and workers face ‘economic siege’

The Guardian - UK

Pacific Islands leaders to meet as region faces ‘polycrisis’ of threats

Climate change will top the agenda as leaders of 18 nations meet in Tonga from August 26.

Al Jazeera

New Caledonia dispute top of agenda for Pacific leaders

New Zealand is downplaying hopes of a political breakthrough on New Caledonia emerging from next week's Pacific Islands Forum Leaders Meeting.

AAP

Australia Tackles Poor Great Barrier Reef Water Quality

Australia on Friday launched a multi-million dollar effort to stop pesticide runoff and other water quality issues on the Great Barrier Reef, the latest effort to save the ailing natural wonder.

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In Myanmar’s brutal war, the military is weaponising sexual violence against women, children and LGBTQI+ people

The United Nations verified 3,688 cases of conflict-related sexual violence around the world last year, a significant increase of 50% from 2022. This is certainly a vast underestimate of the true number of cases.

The Guardian - UK

Big polluters targeting esports industry with advertising deals, report reveals

Oil firms, petrostates, airlines and carmakers ‘doubling down’ on sector that is popular with young people

International Business Times

Combining Climate Measures Key To Slashing Emissions: Study

A major new study published Thursday on the effectiveness of climate measures such as taxes or subsidies in reducing greenhouse gases has found stand-alone measures fail to make a big difference.

Al Jazeera

US tells UN Security Council Gaza ceasefire ‘in sight’ ahead of Cairo talks

The US insists, despite evidence to the contrary, that Netanyahu has agreed to a proposal to suspend the war.

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Aid trucks enter civil war-torn Darfur as Sudan army eases restrictions

World Food Programme says a small convoy carrying food enters Sudan via temporarily reopened border crossing with Chad.

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Gaza update: US politics and the fate of Palestinians increasingly bound up together

It would be a brave – or foolhardy – analyst who presumes to predict the outcomes of the talks which continue in Doha. But the fate of Gaza and its 2 million inhabitants as well as the 109 remaining Israeli hostages being held in Gaza, will depend on a political…

The Guardian - UK

‘Really heavy to see’: Lewis Hamilton speaks up on plight of refugees in Africa

Lewis Hamilton has reiterated that F1 must stage a race in Africa, while Verstappen is unsure on his future when his current deal expires in 2028

The Independent UK

The Taliban publish vice laws that ban women’s voices and bare faces in public

The Taliban say it's mandatory for Afghan women to conceal their voices and bare faces in public

International Business Times

Bangladesh Revokes Diplomatic Passport Of Ex-PM Hasina

Bangladesh's interim government revoked the diplomatic passport of ousted premier Sheikh Hasina on Thursday, after she fled a student-led uprising by helicopter to India earlier this month.

The Independent UK

Bangladesh court sends 2 journalists to police custody for questioning as chaos continues

A court in Bangladesh’s capital has allowed police to interrogate two journalists in their custody for four days in connection with the murder of a garment worker, who joined recent student protests against former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina that forced her to step down and flee to India earlier this…

The Guardian - AU

Australia has a poverty problem – so why is there no agreed measure of it?

Experts agree that tackling disadvantage requires an understanding of how many people are affected and by how much

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